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Wire Bal'e Band- No. 230,790. Patented Aug. 3,1880.

i UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.,

EDWIN S. LENOX, OF WORCESTER, MASSAGHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T WASH- BURN & MOEN MANUFAOTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE BALE-BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,790, dated August 3, 1880.

Application filed April 7,1880.

longitudinal sectional clevation of the same,

illustrating the hale-band with its ends connected and adjusted for a Shorter length. Fig. 3 is a horizontal view of a moditlcation of the eonnecting-piece. Fig. 4 represents a view of the yoke end of the connecting-pieee.

Myim'ention relates to a wire hale-band having a coni'iecting-piece, by which the ends of the said band may be connected at different points, either farther from or nearer together, or overlap or pass each other for making the band substantially longer or Shorter, as may be required.

The object of my invention is to produce a wire hale-band which will be readily adjustable in length by means of theconnecting-piece employed, wherehy the same band may be made to have a length adapted to he applied to varying sized bales.

In the drawings, A A A represent the baleband, made of wire and formed of Strands a a,

3 5 and having their ends terminating with loops a' and az. B B are braces, one or more, used to keep the Strands a separated. The said braces may be made of any form of construetion that will be adapted to hold said Strands U is the connectin g-piece, provided with project-ing catches c c and c' of, arranged on the opposite sides or edges, as shown. lWIadewith one end of the said connecting-piece is the yoke d, havingits endsprofided with openin gs or holes :r as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, for receiving the Strands a a of one of the loop ends of the band, as shownin Fig. 1. Tiththeopposite end of the connecting-piece is made the brace g, against the projeeting ends of which (ModeL) the Strands of the opposite end loop bear to prevent the tilting of the connecting-pieee.

It will be observed that by my improvement the loop end a' of the band may be connected to the connecting-piece O by any one of the catches c, whether it be the first or second catch from the yoke end d or brace end g, or any of the intermediate catches, while the loop end a2 maybe connected to any one of the catches c' in the same manner.

It Will also be Observed that when the loop end a' is connected by the first catch c nearest to yoke d and the loop end az is connected by the first catch c' the length of the band will be adjusted with its longest length of embrace for encircling a bale, while when the loop end a' is made to engage with one of the catches c nearer the brace g of the connectinfi'-` piece and the loop end az with one of the catches c' nearer the yoke d the hale-band will be adjusted with a Shorter length for encircling a hale of smaller circumference, while when the said loop ends are made to engage with the catches c and 0/ at near the center of length of the connecting-piece the length of 7,5

the band will be of a medium extension.

It will also be readily seen that by'the use of the eonnecting-piece O, made with several catches, c and of, a single-strand wire baleband furnished with long loops a' and az at its ends will be Well adapted to give an extension or contraction of length of the band when connected to adapt its use to bales of varying circumferences, as when made with Strands, as shown, while it may also be readily seen that when the catches are arranged at the side edges of the connecting-piece, as shown in Fig. 3, the extension or contraction of the length of the band will also be had.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure hy Lctters Patent, 1s-

1. A wire hale-band provided with the connecting device O, all made and operated substantially as shown and Set forth.

2. The combination, with the connectingpiece G, of two or more catches c and two or more catches c', each said series of catches being so arranged as to be in opposition with each other to produce varying distanees bc- :too

tween said opposing Gatches, suhstantially as 5. The combination, With the connectngshown and set fortht I piece provided with catches c and c', of the 3. A wire hale-band provided with a conhrace g, substantally as shown and set forth. necting-piece so eonstrncted that the loops of 6. The combination, with the strands a, a, 15 5 said band can be seenred either nearer to or two or more, of braee B, one or more, subfarther from each other hy said eonnectingstantially as shown and set forth. piece, snbstant'ially as set 'forth, for the pur- T T pose specifiei EDXX llN S. LENOX.

4. The combination, with the conneoting- Witnesses: zo piece provided with oatehes c and c', of the ALEX. SELKIRK,

yoke d, substantially as shown and set forth. CHARLES SELKIRK. 

